So how do I feel now that Iâ€™m 60? Truthfully? Well it isnâ€™t the end of the world I once imagined it to be. Like Spence I really do feel at the height of my powers. Iâ€™m smarter, a better lover, fighter, thinker, writer, photo editor, photographer, father, friend and human being then I was in previous decades. Just ask me.

I still ski the steep stuff though more often than not I prefer the solitude of snowshoeing and cross-country skiing. I still ride my mountain bike…but Iâ€™m not ashamed to walk the gnarly bits. I still kayak, but spend more time in my sea kayak than whitewater boat. Iâ€™ll still raft just about anything. Just about.

I can run non-stop over the top of Hummingbird Trail and swim thirty pool lengths. A year ago I couldnâ€™t do either.

I still dig my work as a sports photo editor at the Post, one of the best jobs at the paper. I still love coming to work every day. Most of the time.

The bookâ€™s premise is that turning 60 is lifeâ€™s crux move. From that point forward youâ€™re either shuffling towards the grave or youâ€™re thriving. And to thrive you have to get off your duff, engage life and break a sweat every day. Read it.

Great article, especially for those of us in the over 60 crowd! I think you will find that being over 60 brings many new adventures and ideas for adventures. Knowing that if you don’t keep doing you will fall into that chasm of a couch potato seems to be stronger every year. Facing 65 in a couple weeks I know I feel as young and strong as I did at 50, but with more appreciation and enjoyment of each adventure. We never know what tomorrow will bring, so as your mother said, make the most of each day! Enjoy all those fourteeners, and see you on kilamonjaro!

Judy/

When I was in Tanzania in February, a gentleman from Colorado was celebrating his 70th birthday by climbing Killie! Good thing you’ve trained for it…it’s a real climb.Pole pole (slowly, slowly) I stayed on the slopes of Killie and a Killie guide taught me how to walk up those steep inclines! Have a fantastic time in Tanzania! Love it!!!

Susan

You Made me feel more motivated Denver, Though I am just 21 years old for now , I have always imagined about celebrating my Birthday on the Highest Altitude and thus Now I am gonna celebrate my B’day on the Highest altitude in my State.

Travel and Fitness Editor Kyle Wagner grew up in Pittsburgh and lived in Lake County, Ill., and Naples, Fla., before moving to Denver in 1993, where she reviewed restaurants for Westword before moving to The Denver Post in 2002. She considers the best days to be those that involve her teenage daughters and doing something outside, preferably mountain biking or whitewater rafting.

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